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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 2,129 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
TOWNHEAD COTTAGE, BROUGH SOWERBY, KIRKBY STEPHEN, CA17 4EG
Received 10 Jul 2013Cressbrook Mews, Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2GU
Received 2 Feb 2021PENRITH RAILWAY STATION, ULLSWATER ROAD, PENRITH, CA11 7JQ
Received 9 Dec 201558 Lightburn Avenue, ULVERSTON, LA12 0DL
Received 6 Oct 202045A KING STREET, PENRITH, CA11 7AY
Received 6 Mar 2017Town and Village Green Area, Kendal Fell, KENDAL
Received 23 Jun 2023Former Arnold Clark Vauxhall Garage Mintsfeet Road KENDAL LA9 6NN
Received 12 Jun 2026FORMER WILSON ROBINSON WORKSHOP, HAMPSFELL RAOD, GRANGE OVER SANDS, CUMBRIA, LA11 6BE
Received 19 Jun 2013Land off C3023 between Maughanby and Gamblesby Penrith
Received 23 Jan 202612 Cliff Terrace, KENDAL, LA9 4JR
Received 25 Apr 2018Unit 4 North Lonsdale Industrial Estate North Lonsdale Road ULVERSTON LA12 9DL
Received 28 Feb 2025LATTENDALES FARM, BERRIER ROAD, GREYSTOKE, PENRITH, CA11 0UE
Received 14 Aug 201216 Woolpack Yard, Stricklandgate, KENDAL, LA9 4NG
Received 1 Oct 202137 PROMENADE, ARNSIDE, LA5 0HA
Received 16 Apr 2012Cross Cottage, 8 Swine Market, Mill Brow, Kirkby Lonsdale, CARNFORTH, LA6 2FT
Received 26 Sept 202240 PATEGILL COURT, PENRITH, CA11 8LG
Received 9 Jul 201822A-22B Market Square Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QT
Received 22 Dec 2025WETHERIGGS POTTERY, CLIFTON DYKES, PENRITH, CA10 2DH
Received 19 Apr 2021LITTLE BECK, KINGS MEABURN, PENRITH, CA10 3DB
Received 14 May 2012MURTON PARISH INSTITUTE, MURTON, APPLEBY, CUMBRIA, CA16 6
Received 18 Feb 2013Acre House Former workshop, Land adjacent to Silver Stone Hincaster Milnthorpe LA7 7NF
Received 22 Dec 2025Kendal Childrens Residential Home 3 Sedbergh Drive KENDAL LA9 6BJ
Received 28 May 2025HAMELAND, LONGWOOD, ENDMOOR, KENDAL, LA8 0ES
Received 27 Jul 2012LAND OFF YORK STREET, PENRITH
Received 10 Mar 2004Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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